B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) Tissue Engineering Abbreviated As TE Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the Third Year Biomedical Rev 2019 C Scheme syllabus under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2021-22. The University has not yet published an NEP 2020 syllabus above Semester IV for this branch, and this is the scheme its examinations are set on.
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Syllabus for Tissue Engineering (Abbreviated as TE)
Module 1: Introduction to Tissue Engineering:
- Fundamentals of stem cell tissue engineering, mechanical forces on cells, cell adhesion, cell migration, inflammatory and immune responses to tissue, cell death-biological description of apoptosis, tissue types.
Module 2: Extracellular Matrix:
- Structure, function, components, synthesis of the collagens, The ECM - cell binding and long-term contact.
Module 3: Measurement of cell characteristics:
- Cell morphology, cell number and viability, cell-fate processes, cell motility, cell function.
Module 4: Cell and tissue culture:
- Types of tissue culture, media, culture environment and maintenance of cells in vitro, cryopreservation. problems with the culture, organ culture.
Module 5: Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering:
- Biodegradable polymers and polymer scaffold processing. biomimetic materials, nanocomposite scaffolds, gene therapy, bioreactors for tissue engineering.
Module 6: Tissue Engineering – regeneration:
- Skin, bone marrow, nervous system, muscle, ligaments and cartilage, cardiac muscles - myocardial tissue engineering, strategies to deliver stem cells to the damaged site.
Books Recommended
- 1 Bernhard O. Palsson, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, “Tissue Engineering”, Pearson Prentice Hall Publishers, 2009.
- 2 Joseph D. Bronzino, “The Biomedical Engineering HandBook”, CRC Press LLC, 2006.
- 3 John P. Fisher, Antonios G. Mikos and Joseph D. Bronzino, “Tissue Engineering”, CRC Press LLC, 2007.
- 4 W. W. Minuth, R. Strehl and K. Schumacher, “Tissue Engineering- Essentials for Daily Laboratory Work”, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2005.
- 5 Daniel Eberli, “Tissue Engineering for Tissue and Organ Regeneration”, InTech, 2011.
- 1 Raphael Gorodetsky, Richard Schäfer, “Stem Cell Based Tissue Repair”, RSC Publishing, 2011.
- 2 R. Lanza, I. Weissman, J. Thomson, and R. Pedersen, Handbook of Stem Cells, Two Volume, Volume 1-2: Volume 1-Embryonic Stem Cells; Volume 2-Adult & Fetal Stem Cells, 2004, Academic Press, 2004.
- 3 R. Lanza, J. Gearhart et. al. (Eds), “Essential of Stem Cell Biology”, Academic press, 2009
- 4 J. J. Mao, G. Vunjak-Novakovic et al (Eds), Translational Approaches In Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine”, Artech House, INC Publications, 2008.
- 5 Naggy N. Habib, M.Y. Levicar, L. G. Jiao and N. Fisk, “Stem Cell Repair and Regeneration”, volume-2, Imperial College Press, 2007.
- 6 Cato T. Laurencin, Lakshmi S. Nair, "Nanotechnology and Tissue engineering - The Scaffold", CRC Press, 2015.
- 7 Meyer, U., Meyer, Th., Handschel, J., Wiesmann, H.P., “Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine” Springer, 2009.
- 8 Lanza RP, Langer R, Vacanti J. “Principles of Tissue Engineering”, Third edition. Academic Press. 2007. NPTEL/Swayam Links: Course 1: Tissue Engineering https://nptel.ac.in/courses/102/106/102106081/ Course 2: Tissue Engineering https://nptel.ac.in/courses/102/106/102106036/
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2021-22. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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